Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Are you stuck
in your writing?Need an idea to light
the fire under you?Today is about
prompts. I think I’ll start some weekly prompts. What is a prompt?

From
Webster’s

1.prompt

prämpt

verb

3rd
person present: prompts

1.1.

(of
an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling).

"his
death has prompted an industry-wide investigation of safety violations"

2.2.

assist
or encourage (a hesitating speaker) to say something.

"“And
the picture?” he prompted"

§supply a forgotten word or line to (an
actor) during the performance of a play.

So
I’m going to give you a writing prompt.You will create a story or scene in roughly 300 words (or more if you
are feeling froggy).

You
don’t have to let anyone see them.It is
allowed to be crap.The important thing
is that you are stretching your writing muscles and, who knows, maybe creating
some new ideas that will grow and blossom into something more.

Even
if it isn’t your genre, even if you think it is silly, if you are not already
writing then spend 15 minutes exercising your writing brain. Seriously, this
counts as exercise.When my husband asks
I totally tell him I’ve been exercising.

Today’s
Prompt: Alien Turtle.

Yup,
that’s it.So it can be a real alien
from the planet Shelose or it can be a Picture Book about a kid who thinks this
strange looking creature is from outer space, it can be a thousand different
things.Everyone has their own story and
their own way to tell it.

If
anyone wishes to share their writing below, we in the writing universe would
love to see it.